CHELSEA: Cech, Ivanovic, Ramires, Torres, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Hazard, Terry, Azpilicueta, Bertran subs: Turn, Fer, Cahill, Rom, Marin, Moses, Sturr Surprised to see Iva-Terry at the back but more surprised to see Dave thrown in the deep like that.
Some really enjoyable games in Italy: Lazio 2-1 up against Roma after going behind and Milan 2-0 against Fiorentina with Pat missing a pen at 1-0. EDIT: Di Rossi sent off! Roma look down and out.
He had an excellent first half like all the Bremen players, but sort of disappeared in the second as Bremen's performance dropped immensely. It was truly a game of two halves.
That was the most predictable score all season, it was always going to end 2-3 after Villa went 2-0 up. As much as I hate them, you have to give utd credit, the way keep on doing it is unbelievable.
Cole is not available, but on the contrary, I'd be more comfortable with Ryan marking Sterling. Cole owns wingers with tricks like Ronaldo, but when it comes to pace, Ryan is faster.
Although winning the CL did make a huge difference, we're still at least 40m better than the 2011 regardless of the CL money. That's because of all the great sponsorship deals we made last year like gazprom, Delta, Subaru..etc A bit unfair to discredit the great business done by Gourlay and the Club.